Cast-off for suspenders.



A. M. ZIEGLER.

CAST-OFF FOR SUSPENDERS.

APPLICATION FILED DEG.15,1911.

Patented Dec. 1, 1914.

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ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS.

CAST-OFF FOR STJ'SPENDEBS.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1,1914.

Application flied December 15. 1911. Serial No. 665,969.

'1 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ALFRED M. ZIEGLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Roxbury, county of Suffolk, State ofhlu.ssachusetts, have invented an Improvement in Cast-Oil's for Suspenders, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawing, is a specification, like characters on the drawing representing like parts.

This invention relates to suspenders, and more particularly to a suspender cast-oil, which device, as is well known, is a form of detachable connection between the susponder-end or part which buttons onto or is otherwise attached to the garment, and the terminal-portion of the main suspenderweb or shoulder-strap, whereby the wearer can readily disconnect the Suspender-web and the suspender-end when desired.

My present invention has for its object the production of an improved cast-off for suspenders of sim )10 construction, attractive in appearance an eflicient in use, and maxpensive to manufacture, the various parts being so constructed and arranged that as sembling is facilitated, and the final completed product is of high quality and easy to operate.

The various novel features of my invention will be fully described in the subjoined specification and particularly pointed out in the following claims.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a cast-oil embodying my present invention, connecting the Suspender-end and the terminal portion of the main suspender-web, the east-oft strip being shown in hook closin position; Fig. 2 is a similar view, but witi the castoff strip turned downward to uncover the hook and ermit disenga ement of the susponder-end therefrom; Fig. 3 is a left hand side elevation of the device shown in Fig. 2, with the Suspender-end omitted; Fig. 4 is a rear elevation of the cast-off, the strip being open to uncover the hook' Fi 5 is a left hand side elevation of the evice in the condition illustrated in Fig. 1, the susender-end being shown in section; Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the metallic connector formin a. art of the cast-ofi', and through whici al the pull or strain is transmitted from the suspender-end to the shoulder-strap or main web of the suspender.

In accordance with my invention the castoff comprises essentially a metallic connector bent in a peculiar form, a cast-oli' strip or web adapted to close the hook with which the connector is provided, and a loop at tached to the connector and connected with thebend or terminal portion of the suspenderwe The connector is made of thin sheet metal and comprises a flat shank 1 shaped at its upper end to present a rearward and downturned portion 2, preferably cut out at its downturned edge, as at 3, Fig. 4, for a purpose to be described, and which forms with the shank a cast-elf receiving throat on the rear side of the shank. The lower end of the shank is bent to form an upturned longitudinally curved hook 4, said shank havmg an aperture 5, Fig. 6, near its upper end. As shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 5, the hook is adapted to detachably engage and sustain a suspender-end A, of any usual construction and adapted to be attached to the trousers or other garment to be supported.

The usual main shoulder-strap or web 13 of the suspender, partly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, has attached to its lower or terminal end a loop 6, preferably made of stout wire, and having its bottom bar slightly dropped, as at 7, and of such length that the dropped ortion will enter easily thethroat formed by the bend 2 of the connector, the web B being reeved through the loop in well known manner.

8 designates a cast-oil strip made of webbing or other suitable flexible fabric, said strip being applied to the back of the shank 1 and having its raw upper end 9 inserted into the throat formed by the downturned portion 2 and in substantial engagement with the drop 7 of the loop, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5.

A tubular rivet 10 having its shank passed through the strip and through the hole 5 of the hook shank 1 serves to fixedly attach the cast-off strip to the shank. and said rivet also holds in place one member 11 of a two-part separable fastening of the wellknown ball and socket type. said member 11 forming the ball or knob of such fastener. The head of such rivet, shown at the back of the cast-oil strip, rests upon the latter close to the downturncd end of the bond 2, and the cut-away part 3 of said head enables the rivet to be properly positioned close to the bend.

As the upper end 9 of the strip 8 is insorted into the throat, the downturncd portion 9. overlies said end and protects it, so that the raw transverse edge can be used, thereby obviating binding or otherwise finishing such end of the strip, and as the portion 2. and the rivet hold the said end of the strip securely in place it in turn closes the open end of the throat and maintains the loop 7 in place therein.

It will thus be seen that I make use of the end of the cast-oil strip as the means for preventing the loop 7 from being disengaged from the throat, and I also employ the means for fastening the cast-oil strip to the shank as part of the means for separably securing the end of the cast-oil in hookclosing position. By this construction I am enabled to reduce the number of parts and the cost of manufacture and also facilitate greatly the assembling of the parts in the manufacture of the device. Moreover by having the cast-elf strip lie flatly against the back side of the shank and by fastening said cast-off strip to the shank below the end of the downturned portion 9, a construction is provided wherein the head of the tubular rivet or other fastening device does not project beyond the rear face of the bentover portion 2. As a result, the cast-oil presents a smooth back face without any promotions, for the rear face of the tubular rivet 10 and the rear face of the downturned portion 2 are in substantially the same plane.

The shank 1 of the connector is broadened at its up or and lower ends to such an extent that the ength of the bond 2 and the hook 4 is substantially equal to the width of the east-oil strip 8, as shown, forming an effective covering for the back of the connector at all times. Said cast-01f strip is of such length that its free end can be turned outward and upward around the hook 4 and against the face of the shank, see Figs. 1 and I), to close the hook and thereby maintain the susiender-end A in engagement with tho hoo c. The coliperating or socket memher 12 of the separable fastening is fixedly attached to the free end of the strip at the outer face thereof in such position that when the strip 8 is turned to hook-closing position the members 11 and 12 of the fastener will eoiiperatc, Fi 5, and retain the cast-oil strip in hook-c osing position. At such time the tip 13 of the cast-oil strip extends upward above the loop 6 and provides a tab or finger-piece by wluch the strip can be grasped to separate the fastener 11, 12 when it is desired to open the cast-oil and remove the suspender-end A from the book 4.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawing, it will be manifest that all pull or strain between the main Suspender-web B and the suspenderend A will be transmitted from one to the other and taken up solely by the metallic connector, independently of the cast-oil strip, for the loop 6 is hooked into the throat v of the connector and the hook 4 of the latter sustains the Suspender-end. Consequently the cast-oil strip is never subjected to any strain, and its sole function is to close or open the hook 4, and to provide a finish for the cast-oil.

The cast-oil is simple in construction, it can be operated readily and quickly, and it is attractive in appearance, while the cost of manufacture is reduced to a minimum.

Various changes or modifications in different details of construction and arrangement may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of my invention as set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

Having fully described my invention, what I c aim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A cast-oil for suspenders comprising a metallic hook adapted to detachably engage and sustain the suspender end, said hook having a shank provided at its 11 per end with a rearward and down-turne portion situated on the opposite side of the shank from the hook and forming with the shank an open cast-oif-receiving throat, a cast-elf strip overlying the rear face of the shank and having its upper end entered into said throat and covered and protected by said downturned portion, said throat havin a width equal to the thickness of said ent of the cast-oil strip, means for fastenin the cast-oil strip to the shank below said ownturned portion, a loop attached to the terminal portion of the suspender and held in said throat by the upper end of the cast-oil strip, the lower free end of the cast-oil strip being adapted to be turned upward and outward against the face of the shank to close the hook, and a separable fastener to retain said cast-oil strip in hook-closing position.

2. A cast-oil or suspenders comprising a metallic hook adapted to detachably on age and sustain the suspender end, said iook having a shank provided at its 11 per end with a rearward and downturncd portion situated on the opposite side of the shank from the hook and forming with the shank an open cast-oil-receiving threat, a cast-oil strip overlying and situated in en agement with the rear face of said shank, tile end of said strip entering said throat and bein covered and protected by the downturns portion, fastening means for permanently securing the cast-oil strip to the shank, said fastening means being situated below the downturned portion and having the rear face thereof situated in substantially the plane of the rear face of said clownturned portion, a loop attached to the terminal portron of the main suspender web and extending through said throat and retained therein by the end of the cast-ofi' strip, the lower free end of the cast-off strip being adapted to be turned outward and upward against the face of the shank to close the hook, and a separable fastener to retain the cast-off strip in hook-closing position. 1

3. In suspenders, a loop carried by the terminal portion of the main suspender- Web, a metallic connector having on its upper end a loop-receiving hook embracing said loop and at its lower end a hook to detachably engage and sustain a suspender end, a cast-off strip overlying the back of p the connector and permanently secured Copies of this patent may be obtained for up around the suspender-end-re ceiving hook of the connector, and means to 'detachably maintainthe cast-off strip in hook-closing position.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my I name to this specification, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

a ALFRED M. ZI-EGLER. Witnesses: 1

JOHN C. EDWARDS, FREDERICK S. GREE'NIEAF.

five cents eaeh,by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. i 1 

